al-Zarqawi Dead

The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been killed in a US-led air raid.
Al-Zarqawi was seen as the leader of the Sunni insurgency which has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Shias and US forces in Iraq.

"Zarqawi personally beheaded American hostages and other civilians in Iraq," President of the United States, George Bush said. "Now Zarqawi has met his end and this violent man will never murder again."

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was not a global mastermind like al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Instead he was a bloodthirsty and violent thug, who made enemies and several mistakes that might have contributed to his downfall.

These included ordering a triple suicide bombing against hotels in Amman, Jordan, last November, that killed 60 people.

I have been reading where some people are crying that al-Zarqawi should not have been killed but should have stood trial. I say, “Bollocks!” Some people are so evil they no longer are human and there is no hope or any other solution than for them to be killed.

Whether this is a breakthrough in Iraq remains to be seen. Reports are that this raid that killed al-Zaqawi resulted in 17 simultaneous raids in Baghdad. Let's all hope this is the turn around we need in Iraq.